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Sarah Wellings

Sarah Wellings

Work Department

Tax/REITs

Position

Sarah is co-leader of Sullivan’s REITs Practice Group. She advises public and private REITs, both domestic and foreign, in various industries, including data centers, office buildings, commercial retail space, hospitality, multi-family residential, senior living facilities, cold storage facilities, industrial properties, communications towers, distributed antenna systems, timberlands and agricultural properties. She focuses on structuring and compliance work, including cross-border transactions.

In addition, Sarah advises clients in state and local tax transactional planning and litigation involving corporate, franchise, and sales/use tax matters. Sarah also has experience in advising tax-exempt organizations, including public charities, on all aspects of operations.

Sarah is an adjunct professor with the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Graduate Tax Program, where for over 12 years she has taught tax courses on state and local tax planning and state and local tax controversy.

Career

Bar & Court Admissions

Massachusetts U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Memberships

American Bar Association, Tax Section Boston Bar Association Adjunct Professor, Villanova University School of Law

Education

Boston University School of Law (LL.M., salutatorian) Taxation Boston College Law School (J.D., magna cum laude) Shimer College (B.A., with great distinction)

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